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Incredible video: SpaceX attempts to land Falcon 9 rocket on a barge, again

Just how close did SpaceX come to successfully landing its Falcon 9 rocket on its “autonomous drone ship” in the… Read More

SpaceX rocket lands on ocean barge, but ‘too hard for survival’

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket landed on a barge in the Atlantic a few minutes ago, but the landing was “too hard for… Read More

Paul Allen launches Vulcan Aerospace to make commercial space travel cheaper, accessible

Paul Allen wants to make commercial space travel more convenient and less expensive, and today he launched Vulcan Aerospace to… Read More

SpaceX set for another Falcon 9 landing attempt; new Planetary Resources satellite on board for Space Station

Update, 1:30 p.m.: Monday’s launch has been scrubbed due to weather. Another launch will be attempted on Tuesday at 1:10… Read More

It’s the final countdown to the launch of NASA’s Year in Space

It’s about to happen: NASA’s “Year in Space” is set to take off today, as Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail… Read More

Elon Musk makes SpaceX photos free for public use

Talk about responsive. Less than an hour after Elon Musk announced that SpaceX would post photos for non-commercial use under… Read More

NASA posts gorgeous Aurora shots from International Space Station on Twitter

Happy morning after St. Patty’s Day! Are you hungover, a bit slow on the uptake? It’s OK. Sit back with… Read More

NASA and Planetary Resources release asteroid-hunting desktop app, cite 15% boost in positive IDs

Ready to hunt for some asteroids? NASA and Planetary Resources have announced a new desktop app that incorporates algorithms from a contest… Read More

Spaceflight raises $19M to help launch micro-satellites through innovative ‘ride share’ program

Spaceflight Industries, which helps the U.S. government, Planet Labs and other customers launch small satellites on larger space transportation vehicles,… Read More

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin dealt setback in patent dispute with SpaceX over rocket landings

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has won a key preliminary ruling in its dispute with Blue Origin over a patent received by the Jeff… Read More

NASA launches new video on next era for Kennedy Space Center

Today, NASA released a video showing how it’s “retooling for the future” by remaking the Kennedy Space Center into a… Read More

SpaceX founder Elon Musk inks $3.5M book deal to write about Earth and Mars

Like he needed the cash, Tesla and SpaceX head honcho Elon Musk just signed a $3.5 million book deal with… Read More

SpaceX: Latest Falcon 9 landing attempt thwarted by 3-story waves in Atlantic

After multiple scrubs in recent days, SpaceX is counting down again for the launch of its first deep-space mission this afternoon,… Read More

FAA opens way for companies to stake claims to lunar rights

Do we have the right to reserve rights to the moon? Apparently so. At least that’s the message the U.S. government… Read More

Watch NASA’s awesome video from space of that nasty Nor’easter that’s hitting New York and Boston

We hope you didn’t have plans to fly anywhere near the Northeast this week, as a massive Nor’easter is shutting… Read More

How Elon Musk plans to get to Mars, via Seattle: What the SpaceX founder said at that private event

If Seattle needs inspiration to think big, it has arrived in the form of Elon Musk. The SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO took… Read More

Report: Google in talks to invest in SpaceX, boosting Seattle-based satellite initiative

Google is close to making an investment in Elon Musk’s SpaceX, with the intent of supporting the commercial space company’s… Read More

Photos: SpaceX founder Elon Musk reveals new $10B ‘Space Internet’ plan at private Seattle event

Elon Musk stopped in Seattle on Friday evening, on his way to Mars. The SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO slipped quietly into… Read More

Photos: SpaceX Dragon capsule delivered to Seattle Center for private event with Elon Musk

SpaceX has officially arrived in Seattle. As shown in these photos, posted to Facebook by the Cornish College of the… Read More

Elon Musk: SpaceX will hire up to 1,000 people in new Seattle office

Update: SpaceX’s new Seattle-area office is in Redmond; Elon Musk to visit region this week SpaceX founder Elon Musk is… Read More

SpaceX rocket crash-lands on drone ship in ambitious recovery attempt

SpaceX was unsuccessful in its inaugural attempt to land the first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket softly on a barge… Read More

Preserving the future: A rare glimpse inside the EMP Museum vault

I have seen the future. And it looks a bit ratty. That was my not-so-charitable reaction when I got up-close… Read More

Boeing chief engineer says SpaceX ‘drives us to be better’

Boeing doesn’t mind its competition — in fact, the company welcomes it. That was the message from Ted Goetz, a chief… Read More

Listen to four NASA astronauts discuss the future of space flight

Can we stop asteroids from slamming into Earth? Will people live in space? Are astronauts going back to the moon?… Read More

Historic touchdown: European Space Agency lands probe on comet

The European Space Agency made history on Wednesday morning after it successfully landed a probe on a comet. Philae, a… Read More

GeekWire goes to the movies: Here’s what we thought of Christopher Nolan’s epic space drama Interstellar

GeekWire was transported to other galaxies yesterday — wandering through worm holes on a quest to save the human race.… Read More

Interstellar: Dramatic awe, with a science-fiction flaw

Sure, Interstellar is smart spectacle. But is it good science fiction? In short: Interstellar tries hard. Maybe a little too… Read More

SpaceShipTwo crashes in desert, one pilot dead, one seriously injured

It’s a rough week in the spaceflight world. Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo has crashed during a test flight over the Mojave Desert… Read More

Planetary Resources vows to press ahead after rocket explosion

Planetary Resources, the Redmond-based asteroid mining company whose first experimental satellite is presumed destroyed in the explosion of the Orbital… Read More

Rocket carrying Planetary Resources satellite explodes shortly after liftoff

An Orbital Sciences Antares rocket lifting off from Wallops, Va., to resupply the International Space Station exploded on liftoff a… Read More